The Placemaking Round-Up
A biweekly newsletter with public space news, resources, and opportunities.
The Biweekly Bazaar
A curated dispatch on all things public markets plus the latest announcements from the Market Cities Program.
A biweekly newsletter with public space news, resources, and opportunities.
A curated dispatch on all things public markets plus the latest announcements from the Market Cities Program.
Please note that these Hall of Shame nominations were written in a moment in time (most over a decade ago) and likely have since changed or even been transformed. If the above entry is now great, or still not so great, go ahead and comment below on how it has evolved or nominate it as a great place.
A verdant park built upon the hillside, with meandering paths, and grottos, a lake, cascading water fall with a suspension bridge and the famous "pont des suicides."
The amenities of this graceful park include a boat rental upon a lake, horse and donkey rides, a cafe with an outdoor terrace, a roller rink, playgrounds and swing sets, performers and marionettes. The landscape was built to exaggerate natural features such as cliffs and waterfalls, giving the park a mythological quality. Details like concrete handrails molded to look like wooden logs attest to the quality craftsmanship that went into this park.
Annexed from the local district, a slum at that time, by Napoleon III the park was intended to rehabilitate the area. Napoleon III was an advocate of green open spaces, and in seventeen years 4,950 acres of woods, parks and gardens were laid out and 600,000 trees planted. Envisioned by Baron Haussman, this is one of Paris's most picturesque landscaped parks. The grottos, lakes and embankments are man made--the results of dynamite charges. Haussman also designed the Montsouris gardens in the south to be a replica of Le Parc Des Buttes-Chaumont.
*Please note that these Hall of Shame nominations were written in a moment in time (most over a decade ago) and likely have since changed or even been transformed. If the above entry is now great, or still not so great, go ahead and comment below on how it has evolved or nominate it as a great place.
